The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-05-19
WORK AND WAGES.
Events and Movements of Interest in ths
Industrial World.

Events and Movements of Interest in the
Industrial World.
English newspapers are beginning to
cry out against the unrestricted reception Of {
destitute foreigners as one that will lead TO
serious results. Lloyds NeUspaper recently
observed: ave have had experience in receiv-
ing poor Flemings, outlawed Huguenots and
others to our shores, whose skill and industry
have reacted upon our people and helped to
create our trade. The present settlers are Of
a different style. With the lowest standard Of
comfort in life, they exist rather than live
dwelling in houses on the verge Of condemns 4
ton, and amidst the most repulsive surround
ings. Thus conditioned, they are able to com
pete with great success against the lowest
classes of our laborers, increasing their present
heavy difficulties"
1t appears from the manual of the Eng
lish and Scotch cooperative wholesale socie>
ties that the principle of cooperation has
been steadily gaining ground since 1882. In
that year the total sales of societies in the
United Kingdom amounted to e., 1891 ,523; but
in 1872 they had advanced to 413,012, 10, and In
1882 to Ell, ,541 ,212, while for 1884 they show
total of no less than 430, ,424 ,10l. At the close
of 1884 the membership of societies In the
three kingdoms was s97 $50, and the share cap
ital was f8, GAG, 1888, while the loan capital was
81, ,s3O,s38 The net profits for the year were
40, tofs diiu tiC ouih uCNOuSu w CuoSubAouAA
purposes &19,1A.
The free shop struggle, says Work and
Wages, is a clash between two absolutely right
principles, and such a clash ought never to oc-
cur. When it occurs 1t is the result OF wretched
laundering somewhere. The principe that an
employer has right to deal with his help as
individuals, and to refuse to deal with organiza-
tions, will be denied only by men who are
too angry or prejudiced to be fair minded. The
principle that workingmen have a right to
combine, and that, If they do combine, they
onght to stand by each other in all legitimate
ways, will be denied only by Undetermined
men on the other side.
During the late strike of the Paterson
IN. J0 silk dyers, it is stated, much difficulty
was found by the employers in securing salts
factory conferences with their men. Partly
in consequence of this, and principally to con-
tribute to their general comfort and we'll l-being,
the employing dyers hired large hall and are
fitting it up in the most comfortable and at
tractive style as a reading and assembly room
for the dyers where they can pass their spare
time and where, when necessary, the dyers and
their employers can have friendly conferences
on matters Of mutual interest.
Textile manufacturing interests are
booming in the South. A mill in Columbus
will put in fifty more looms. Augusta (Ga)
mills are paying six per cent. dividend. A cot
ton factory is to be built at Union, 8. c., and
| another at Fort Mills. One hundred thousand
| dollars has been subscribed to build Touring,
wooden and cotton-seed oil mills at Dallas, Tex.
| Sixty thousand dollars has been raised at
Americus, Ga, for cotton mill.
At the spring meetings of the Western
| lumber men the opinions were generally ex-
| pressed that prices for lumber must be stronger
| under the extraordinary Eastern and Western
| demand. Stocks in all sections of the country
| are shown be much lower than year ago.
| The decrease in six Western lumber States ie
given at s2s, ,9ss s91 feet. In Minnesota there is
decrease Of 100000 feet.
| There Is more real organization now
| going on among the Knights of Labor than
| when the great rush was on. The good ma
| terial is getting into harmony and the poor is
| dropping out. The division of work is going
| on, but the rank and file have not as yet be-
| come accustomed to the new machinery.
The total number of wage-workersw who
went on strike during April was 8, ,072. In very
| few cases the strikes were for more wages.
Wages are generally satisfactory, but other
causes of complaint are numerous.
In the shoe department in Sing Sing
IN. " prison there are $50 men kept busy oD
contract work with the aid Of the best machin-
cry. The contractors pay sixty-three cents pen
day for each man.
The multiplication of national trades
unions is going on, and the departure is found
| to be a good one. Each trade feels better satfe
fed to have control over its own affairs.
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